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, "* * Chas" wrote: "KERRY MONTGOMERY" wrote in message ink.net... snip If you only want to talk to this other jerk, Kerry Montgomery, then do it via email and do not bother the rest of us. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota Ed, Which part of my posting caused you to call me a jerk? Thanks, Kerry Kerry, Since May 2003, Edward the great has posted 8838 messages to 28 different NGs. When does he have time to ride? How do you spell troll? Chas. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Is this the reference you are making? http://www.thesisters.org/ -- Michael Press |
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"Michael Press" wrote in message ... In article , "* * Chas" wrote: "KERRY MONTGOMERY" wrote in message ink.net... snip If you only want to talk to this other jerk, Kerry Montgomery, then do it via email and do not bother the rest of us. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota Ed, Which part of my posting caused you to call me a jerk? Thanks, Kerry Kerry, Since May 2003, Edward the great has posted 8838 messages to 28 different NGs. When does he have time to ride? How do you spell troll? Chas. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Is this the reference you are making? http://www.thesisters.org/ -- Michael Press YES! Ha, Ha, Ha....... FDLMAO I live in the Bay Area and the "gals" are at least entertaining. Chas. In memory of Nun of the Above |
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On 01/17/2007 21:56:50 "Prisoner at War" wrote: wrote: Gremlins. You've got gremlins on your ****. Something about bents attracts them. Good luck. I seriously wonder. Sometimes I wonder if 'bents aren't made as carefully...even though, with such low sales volume, each one is practically custom-built! I swear, I still have the fifteen year-old Diamondback cheapie $200 MTB I bought, the one where I had two major accidents and a few minor ones (major ones including flying over my handlebars and a destroyed front wheel) and the **** rides fine. ****ing $3,500 SMGTe hits a ****ing car (that's what'd had happened, hidden driveway on an uphill!) and the car is fine but the big chainring is bent! Just a little, but enough to impair operations. Continued cycling is what caused the chain itself to break and a thingamajig spring in the back to go boing! and hors de combat. Bents are subject to the same rules as other cycles, they need to be assembled correctly, often the assembly can be more complex plus they often require more maitainance. -- Buck Give a little person a little power and create a big problem. http://www.catrike.co.uk |
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Prisoner at War wrote:
I seriously wonder. Sometimes I wonder if 'bents aren't made as carefully...even though, with such low sales volume, each one is practically custom-built! As you've said yourself, there are no problems with the frame. The chainwheel is not HP Velotechnik specific, or even recumbent specific: it's a standard chainwheel bought off the same shelves everyone else has access to, so the extent to which it's a problem because it's a recumbent is it's in a slightly more vulnerable spot if you crsh into things. Moral #1, try not to crash into things, moral #2, though that's a downside on the 'bent you're far less likely to waste your forks and front wheel crashing into things than you are on a wedgie... you choose, you lose. Just a little, but enough to impair operations. Continued cycling is what caused the chain itself to break Again, same chains as on wedgies. 2.4 chains, admittedly, but that doesn't cause any immediate problems of itself and because the chain is much better protected from goop there's less cleaning and lubing to do. But it still needs to be done, or just like any chain on any bike it might well break. Chains that aren't looked after won't necessarily go, but they might. OTOH, chains that are looked after have a vanishingly small failure rate IME, and that's true on a 'bent or an upright. Your complaint about all the different screw to hold things on... those things are, rack and seat excpeted, standard items from the standard any-bike parts available. It's silly to complain about differences being down to the bike being recumbent, they apply to anything. Which takes us back to Gremlins. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Prisoner at War wrote:
It's a TruVativ chainring, what Hostel Shoppe sells for their "Ultimate SMGTe" So you've specifically paid for minimum weight. That doesn't make things stronger! your $200 MTB will be a never mind the weight and make it rugged affair. If you want the same degree of robustness you need to specify that, *not* minimum weight. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:15:12 +0000, Peter Clinch
wrote: The chainwheel is not HP Velotechnik specific, or even recumbent specific: it's a standard chainwheel bought off the same shelves everyone else has access to, so the extent to which it's a problem because it's a recumbent is it's in a slightly more vulnerable spot if you crsh into things. It is a bit easier to create chain slack on many recumbents and if you combine that with hard stop-start in your spin, you can do damage. I've seen a few MTBs that have had the same thing happen. You have to work harder to do it on a well-adjusted, indexed diamond frame, and their simpler drive trains usually bend or blow out the rear derailleur as the point of failure when it does happen. Recumbents have a better chance of taking that force out on the chain ring. Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels... |
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Curtis L. Russell wrote:
It is a bit easier to create chain slack on many recumbents and if you combine that with hard stop-start in your spin, you can do damage. Maybe... though in this case he admits he crashed into something! Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:33:58 +0000, Peter Clinch
wrote: Curtis L. Russell wrote: It is a bit easier to create chain slack on many recumbents and if you combine that with hard stop-start in your spin, you can do damage. Maybe... though in this case he admits he crashed into something! Pete. Agreed, but I've jammed a chain doing a stutter step in my spin while avoiding an accident. All you have to do is freeze a moment and then try to muscle your way out of the situation. Same thing can lead to bent teeth. Just a possibility. Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels... |
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